The officers assigned to the Cockeysville Precinct strive to provide the best service possible to our residents and community members. Each month an officer who has gone “above and beyond” in providing this service is selected by the Precinct Commander, Captain J. M. Lurz and given appropriate recognition. Many times, several officers will exceed the requirements making for a very tough decision on the Commander’s part. Each officer assigned to the Cockeysville Precinct, upon receiving the Officer of the Month Award will be showcased on this page. This page will include the last eleven award winners. The Officer of the Month Award and Certificate is presented by Captain Lurz on the fourth Wednesday of each month during the monthly Police Community Relations Council Meeting. All Officer of the Month Award information is obtained from the nomination form and may be adapted to improve readability. None selected None Selected Officer Barry Lockett Officer Lockett responded to a burglary call in the 19,700 block of Kirkwood Shop Road. The homeowner advised that she had received a call from her credit card company in reference to strange activity on her credit card. When she examined her wallet, the home owner found that nothing else was missing. She still had her license and all of her other cards etc. Later, while using her computer, the home owner observed that web sites were accessed that she had never seen before and involved young children. Upon further exploration, the home owner then found a known subject's e-mail address logged in that should not have been there. The home owner advised that she knew that this subject was also a known registered sex offender. Officer Lockett, being familiar with the subject initiated an investigation. Several weeks later, the home owner was again a victim of a burglary and found that the same subject had again logged onto her computer while she was not at home. After obtaining the locations from the credit card company where the credit card was used, Officer Lockett was able to obtain a video of a transaction that took place at the Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania Wal-Mart. After conducting further investigation that included a photo show, Officer Lockett was able to charge the subject with burglary, theft, and credit card misuse. Through his diligence and efforts, Officer Lockett was able to remove a local sex offender from the neighborhood. None Selected Officer Gregory Roberts Officer Roberts through his determination, persistence, and simple basic “leg work” cleared a home invasion resulting in the arrest of three suspects. On January 20, 2009, Officer Roberts responded to the scene in the unit block of Mullingar Court, Timonium, Maryland as the primary investigating officer. At this time, at least four subjects had forced their way into the residence. While investigating numerous other criminal offences including burglary, attempted robbery, and assault, he was able to develop information on some suspects. Officer Robert’s investigation moved over into the Parkville Precinct and resulted in three arrests. During the arrests at the Parkville location, Officer Roberts also discovered and seized narcotics. While working on this investigation, Officer Roberts was assisted by the Cockeysville Precinct’s Investigative Services Team (IST). Through their assistance, search warrants were then obtained and served at various additional locations countywide. After spending over 16 hours of overtime, the case was passed on to the IST resulting in the development of several more suspects. Through the perseverance of Officer Roberts, several suspects were arrested and intelligence information on local drug activity was uncovered. Additional accomplishments for Officer Roberts during the month were one Driving Under the Influence arrest, two additional narcotics arrests, a First Degree Assault arrest, and two Second Degree Assaults that were Ex-Cleared. Officer Roberts also wrote six traffic citations, one warning, three equipment repair orders, and seven Field Interrogation Reports. Officer Bradley Turner Officer Turner continues to turn in a superior performance as he receives the Officer of the Month award for the second month in a row. While working in his permanent post car, Officer Turner investigated numerous thefts that were taking place at his local businesses. In one specific investigation at the Cockeysville Wal-Mart, Officer Turner was able to prevent the theft of and recover over $ 3,000 in property. This recovery was part of a theft scheme that was taking place at the Wal-Mart and resulted in the felony arrests of seven suspects. During the month, Officer Turner made a total of four felony case clearances, 10 felony arrests, five misdemeanor cases clearances, and seven misdemeanor arrests. The case clearances included two Grand Theft-Shoplifting, two Grand Theft-Scheme, one Trespassing, one Bad Check, two FTA Criminal (Warrant), one Petty Theft-Misc., one Driving While Suspended, one Second Degree Assault, one Incorrigible Juvenile, one Destruction of Property, and one Telephone Misuse Officer Bradley Turner Officer Turner performed exceptionally well during the month of November while working a permanent patrol post car. By being assigned to a “permanent post” Officer Turner was very familiar with the layout of the residences and businesses in the area. While Officer Turner was conducting general patrol activities; he received a call in reference to bad checks being passed at a local business. After obtaining additional information and conducting further investigation, Officer Turner was able to charge five suspects with felony forgery. During the month, Officer Turner made an arrest of a subject in possession of a significant amount of CDS. In addition to handling his calls for service and his caseload, Officer Turner also made himself available to assist the other officers with their investigations etc. He would often assist the officers on the other shifts as well. Some other cases handled by Officer Turner included a Petty Theft, Misc., Trespassing, CDS Violation, Second Degree Assault, Threat on Police, and a Destruction of Property. Officer William Tully During the month of October, Officer Tully turned in an exceptional all around performance. Officer Tully “exceptionally cleared” 11 cases and made a total of 12 arrests. An exceptionally cleared case is a case in which the suspect was identified whether or not criminal charges are brought by the State’s Attorneys’ Office. The cases exceptionally cleared were three Petty Theft-Shopliftings, two Domestic Abuses, a Grand Theft-Shoplifting, Possession of CDS, Telephone Misuse, Petty Theft/Possession of CDS, Failure to Appear for Traffic Court, Failure to Appear for Non-Support, and an Armed Robbery. While investigating the Armed Robbery, Officer Tully, working with the Cockeysville Precinct’s Investigative Services Team (IST) cleared the case and arrested three adults and two juveniles. Officer Tully worked on this investigation continuously for over twenty-four hours to ensure that this felony was solved. The Cockeysville Precinct, which at this time was being plagued by a rash of street robberies, through the efforts of Officer Tully, the problem was abated to the point that precinct resources could now be directed to other issues. Officer Donald Marusko Officer Marusko through his involvement with several felony cases had an outstanding month.
The first case was a Burglary in Progress. Precinct units had responded to a Burglary in Progress call in the 600 block of Farm Hill Court in Timonium, Maryland at which time a suspect’s description was given out on the police radio. Shortly thereafter, Officer Marusko stopped two suspicious looking subjects on Chatterton Road. Officer Roberts then brought over the victims to conduct a “one on one” identification. At this time, the victims identified one of the subjects as being at the burglary location. Both subjects were placed under arrest and transported to the Cockeysville Precinct. Officer Roberts assisted by Officer Marusko conducted further investigation and learned that the two suspects along with a third subject were going to do a home invasion robbery at the Oak Farm Court address and that a loaded shotgun was hidden nearby when they had fled the scene. Through Officer Marusko’s efforts, all three suspects were charged with felony charges and the loaded shotgun was recovered from a populated residential area. Without Officer Marusko’s involvement, this case would have gone unsolved. Another case that was handled by Officer Marusko was a First Degree Assault, which involved an domestic abuse and a stabbing. Officer Marusko was commended for his excellent job in the collection of evidence, securing the crime scene, the initial investigation, and the taking of written statements. Officer Marusko was also credited with writing 33 traffic citations, 11 warnings, one equipment repair order and 10 Field Interrogation Reports.
Officer Jason Lentz Officer Lentz during the month of August is being commended for his overall performance and in particular, his involvement in a case in which an individual drove a stolen vehicle into an occupied residence killing one of the residents living there. On August 12, 2008 at approximately 5:00 a.m., midnight shift patrol units responded to the 16800 block of York Road for a personal injury accident. Upon their arrival it was discovered that a truck had traveled off of the roadway and had plowed into a house trapping a woman inside the residence. It was later learned that the unknown driver had left the scene on foot southbound on York Road. On checking the truck’s registration, Officer Lentz responded to the owner’s address and learned that the vehicle had been stolen during the midnight hours. Officer Lentz began searching the York Road area and found a subject walking on York Road south of the accident scene. This subject matched the description of the driver of the involved truck. While Officer Lentz was conducting an interview of the subject, a number of plastic credit cards, other property items, etc. were found on the subject’s person and nearby on the ground. The subject was then placed under arrest by Officer Lentz. Through further investigation it was discovered that the suspect had committed a number of thefts from autos in the Northern Baltimore County area as well as the Southern York area of Pennsylvania. Further, the victim that was asleep in her home died at the scene as a result of the suspect’s actions. The accident portion of the investigation was turned over to the Baltimore County Police Department’s Crash Team. This later resulted in charges being placed against the suspect for the traffic related fatality. Due to the high profile nature of the death of the resident, the case received extensive coverage by the media for days. As a result of Officer Lentz’s persistence and follow up investigation, the individual responsible was arrested and charged with numerous crimes in both Baltimore County and York County in Pennsylvania. If it had not been for Officer Lentz’s intervention, these offenses may have gone unsolved. Through his exemplary performance on this case, the Precinct along with the Department received very favorable press coverage by the media. Additionally during the month, Officer Lentz wrote eight traffic citations, 22 traffic warnings, 12 equipment repair orders, and eight Field Interrogation Reports. Additional cases cleared also included, one Domestic Abuse, one Fourth Degree Burglary, one Grand Theft Auto, two Tampering With Autos, One Grand Theft from Auto, and One Driving While Suspended. Officer Stanley Walls On, Thursday, July 27,2008, at about 1:06 a.m., Officer Walls responded to the 1500 block of Harris Mill Road for a disturbance call. The caller advised that their cousin was “out of control” and high on PCP. Investigation revealed that two victims were trapped in a car inside a garage at that location. The subject had cut the power to the electric garage door opener so that it could not be remotely opened. The subject then doused the vehicle with lighter fluid and threatened to set it on fire with the victims still inside. Officer Walls, upon arrival could see the subject through the windows of the garage. Officer Walls then started talking to the subject and asked him to open the garage door. The subject refused at first, but later on, finally relented and opened the garage door. He was then placed under arrest. The subject was later charged with two counts of Attempted Murder and various other additional charges. Officer Brian Goetz While investigating a burglary during the month of June, Officer Goetz canvassed the neighborhood and found two neighbors who were able to provide some information. These neighbors advised that they saw a possible known subject at the victim’s house and provided a partial tag number for a possible suspect vehicle. Officer Goetz also recovered a cell phone at the scene. The cell phone was later found to belong to the suspect. An all-points bulletin was put out to the surrounding agencies. Soon, some additional leads were obtained from the Hampstead Police Department. Officer Goetz from these leads was able to set up a photo show, which then resulted on a positive identification of the subject. As a result of the photo show, Officer Goetz was then able to obtain a warrant for the subject’s arrest for burglary. Another case handled by Officer Goetz was a domestic related stabbing. During his investigation, Officer Goetz’s intuition told him things were not adding up and falling into place. Officer Goetz while pursuing his instincts continued interviewing the husband, the husband’s supervisor, and husband’s co-workers after which he then confronted the victim. When confronted, the victim then changed her story and stated that her injuries were self-inflicted; she had wanted to get even with her husband. The “victim” was then subsequently arrested for filing a false report. Officer Goetz next responded to a case of a fraud 10-31 (happening right now) involving two female subjects that were passing counterfeit $20 dollar bills. Officer Goetz upon arriving in the area was able to detain one subject that fit the description that was broadcasted over the police radio. After a positive one-on-one identification by the victim, the subject was arrested. During a search of the subject, sixteen counterfeit $20 dollar bills were found concealed on her person. Further investigation then found that several of the area stores had been passed the counterfeit bills. In all, $620 in counterfeit $20 dollar bills were recovered. Officer Jason Lentz Officer Lentz received his award for overall performance during the month of May. Officer Lentz is very aggressive and works as a utility officer filling in on different post car assignments. He is also shown to be a very effective team player. While assigned to the permanent midnight shift, Officer Lentz turned in an impressive performance in the traffic area. Officer Lentz wrote 11 traffic citations, 22 warnings, eight equipment repair orders, and eight Field Interrogation Reports. Officer Lentz also cleared a hit & run accident, two Second Degree Assaults (one by arrest), and wrote an alcohol citation. Revised July 28, 2009
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